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Topic: No love for Dayton Flyers basketball in Cincinnati media
Message: Cincinnati (media) has by no means given Dayton the due credit score it deserves. For no matter motive, there’s bias from the Cincinnati (media) concerning the Dayton Flyers. The workforce 50 miles north is simply pretty much as good because the groups on this space, however I feel lots of us UD alumni imagine there’s a acutely aware effort to maintain (Flyers protection) out.
Reply: The plain reply is we’re not the Dayton Enquirer. Two cities. Two separate media markets. The Cincinnati media is rarely going to cowl UD repeatedly. Similar to the Dayton media is rarely going to cowl the Bearcats and Musketeers.
It’d be straightforward to cease right here, however this deserves extra since you’re not the primary individual to boost this subject.
The College of Dayton has 10,000 alumni dwelling in Larger Cincinnati, in keeping with UD’s web site. That’s a robust, out-of-town alumni base. Some Larger Cincinnati-based UD alums could establish with each cities, and the media-market line may appear blurred for the diehard Flyers followers dwelling in and across the I-275 loop.
Not all Cincinnati media ignores UD basketball. 700 WLW’s Lance McAlister and ESPN 1530’s Mo Egger, a UD alum, deserve credit score. They sometimes give the Flyers some love on their radio reveals throughout basketball season.
Additional, the Cincinnati media would in all probability pay a bit of extra consideration to the Flyers in the event that they have been within the Huge East Convention (the place they need to be) together with outdated rival Xavier. The Dayton-Xavier annual rivalry led to 2013, when the Muskies left the Atlantic 10 Convention to maneuver to the Huge East. Dayton stays within the Atlantic 10.
UC and Dayton renewed their rivalry final December for the primary time since 2010. The neutral-site recreation at Heritage Financial institution Middle drew a nice-sized crowd of 12,547. It was a terrific turnout by Flyer followers, who chanted “that is our home” as Dayton gained the 92nd all-time assembly in opposition to UC, 82-68. Dayton and UC would possibly play once more this season at Heritage Financial institution Middle, in keeping with Faculty Hoops In the present day.
Solely bias right here: I would like to see Dayton play no less than one Larger Cincinnati workforce each season – and depend the Northern Kentucky Norse within the combine, too. That’d definitely get my consideration.
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